Chris Hall

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Several of these funds also tackle broader social and environmental themes alongside the energy transition, which has led to inconsistent definitions and approaches across strategies.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

Mandatory EU Green Bond Standard risks slowing issuance, but voluntary approach can still drive Taxonomy-aligned volumes. On the face of it, the market for green bonds is heading in the right direction, and fast.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

trillion in Asia-Pacific alone; regulatory uncertainty around a concept barely a decade old and the difficulty of valuing a communal fluid asset has opened a trench in financing between sustainable green bonds and their blue peers. The cumulative value of green bonds issued reached US$2.2

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Chris Hall

MAY 17, 2024

Initial reactions suggested the market has welcomed some aspects – such as definitions for what could be included in a fund with an ‘impact’ or ‘transition’ label – but is baffled by others. Italy’s green debt relief – Scarcity of sustainable assets was only one of the reasons for record-breaking demand for €9 billion (US$9.71

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), which estimates a US$3.1 The issuer base is likely to expand through multilateral support and as investor appetite for sustainable bonds catches up with vanilla bonds,” Moody’s added. Developing economies globally need to invest as much as US$4.5 trillion) to reach the goals. “The

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Global interoperability To enhance interoperability with global taxonomies, MAS has commenced an exercise to map the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy to the IPSF’s (International Platform for Sustainable Finance) Common Ground Taxonomy (CGT), which currently covers the EU Taxonomy and China’s Green Bond Endorsed Project Catalogue.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2022

The ICMA’s registry follows separate guidance for institutional investors published by the World Bank, outlining how to assess the contribution of SLBs issued by sovereigns to tackling climate change and biodiversity loss. . As well as the registry, the ICMA has published other new publications and resources.

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We Mean Business Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

The EU Green Taxonomy is also instrumental for the upcoming EU Green Bonds Standard. As the cornerstone of many current and upcoming regulations, the quality and comparability of the EU Green Taxonomy’s reporting data is crucial.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Alignment between JETP countries’ standards and definitions is also necessary to instil private investors with more confidence in prospective JETP-aligned investments, according to CoEPB’s Hillis.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Although China – through the Green Bond Endorsed Projects Catalogue – Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand all exclude gas financing, most Asian taxonomies are more permissive in that regard. “In contrast, Malaysia and the Philippines follow a principles-based taxonomy that avoids using quantitative criteria.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Although China – through the Green Bond Endorsed Projects Catalogue – Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand all exclude gas financing, most Asian taxonomies are more permissive in that regard. “In contrast, Malaysia and the Philippines follow a principles-based taxonomy that avoids using quantitative criteria.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 29, 2023

The world cannot win the fight against climate change without China successfully transitioning to a low-carbon economy, with it accounting for 27% of global carbon dioxide and a third of the world’s greenhouse gases, according to the World Bank.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In November, People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced it would provide financial institutions with low-cost loans to help firms cut carbon emissions. The bank will provide 60% of loan principals made by financial institutions for carbon emission cuts, with a one-year lending rate at 1.75%. of the total amount of green bonds issued.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 9, 2023

Last month, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Commission signed guarantee agreements to mobilise up to €3.5

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Jon Hale

JANUARY 7, 2022

So there is a definite link between ESG ratings and data as they exist today and the broader idea of impact. Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021 This is due, in no small part, to the explosion of ESG into the mainstream. The message is that managing climate and other ESG issues is core to business value,” Wintston writes.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2020

Indeed, the pandemic response is being financed in part through bonds designed to fund development of vaccines or treatments, support healthcare systems fighting the outbreak or provide relief efforts, such as for cities and counties facing budgetary challenges due to lost revenues and emergency spending.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A statement from 150 global financial institutions with US$24 trillion in AUM backed a “robust” GBF that provided a clear mandate for the alignment of financial flows, supported the disclosure of nature-related risks, impacts and dependencies, and outlined clear targets and definitions to enable the development of nature-positive projects.

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James Militzer

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Pioneering microfinance firms such as Grameen Bank in Bangladesh received subsidies and initial funding from development finance institutions and foundations, which allowed them to gradually scale their businesses. The bank has achieved a recovery rate of over 96%, which is significantly higher than traditional banking systems.

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